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land>l and olher times. We are MM,'lng to build U!l a strong social ordel'
and a sub8tantilll ch'lIIzaUon, which mual be aupported with a back­ground
of material things. These materIal accumulllllons are marked
by our schools, our churches, our roads, our various Instltutlons. In
years past people looked back over theIr successes and took courage;
today we should look at our present accomplishments and take courage.
Mr. BrummItt consIders that the present problems facIng our people
are not ne.arly so grave as those staring our ancestors In the face dur­Ing
the daylS of Reconstruction, or those that confronted the plonesl'\j
!UJ they blazed the tralla through the wilds Of Ame rica. 'I1hey ISurvlved
and there Is every reason to belleve that North Carolina will come out
more thlln victorloulS. Prosperity comes to people In ])roportlon as the
comforts ot livIng come IncreasIngly within. reach of all. and a risIng
Clvlll7Jltlon always tollows a rising standard of living. We aTe In a
moving, dynamic state, where the challenge comes to each person to get
Into the tide of progress and endure. That Is why Mr. Brummitt still
prefeffl North CarOlina and now.
COMPETITION PLUS COOPERATION
Dr. C. Z. Candle r, Sylva, North C!\rollna,
(The follOwing extrJl,Cts are taken from a paper read by Mrs. Candler.
but prepared by her husband, who was unavoIdably detaIned frc.:l'1 a!­tendIng
the meeting .)
"'Vhat a vast dln:erence It would make to our state It all Its people
lived at home! God Himself established the home and He looks to us
to keep it. How can this be most satisfactory done? The an!Swe",
to my mind, Is sImply competition with co-operjlUon, the elSsence of
which competition is tbat the man who produces the greate!\t r esulta
sha!! be given the g reatest opportunity for co_operative leadel'Shlp. The
competlve syste.tn' Is a good and essentially a Chrl~tlan system, an ex­cellent
Illustratlon ot which wo flnd In the parable of the lell talents.
~ut like eve!'y good thing, competitton Is likely to be abused. It I"
good only so long a.s It Is fair and open. When It ceases to be this,
It Is no longer competition but cheating. Let \Il!, therefore, be sure
that our competition does not chent, but that It may coordlnnte In 8uch
a way with coopeT;llt\on that we will get results and not consequences."
"'1'0 live at home II! the need of the hour, and to do thIs once agaIn
we need united effort and actiOlL In the words of Benjamin Franklin.
in speaking of armed action agaInst Eng land, 'If we do not hang to­~
ther, we shall hang separatel),: As Theodore Roosevelt once eald.
~here Is no good re!U!On why we Should fear tor the future, but there
Is every reason why we should tace It oorlousl)" neIther hiding from
ouroolves the gravIty of the problems before us, nor fearing to ap·
proach ~hose problems with unbending, unflinching purPQ.ge to solve
them aright,"
"Alter a more or less careful conslderatlon of the subject, It Is my
opInion that the co_ordInation ot honest competition and Intelligent co­operatlon
will bring about the desired results for the Llve.at_Home
movement In Western North Carolina."
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land>l and olher times. We are MM,'lng to build U!l a strong social ordel'
and a sub8tantilll ch'lIIzaUon, which mual be aupported with a back­ground
of material things. These materIal accumulllllons are marked
by our schools, our churches, our roads, our various Instltutlons. In
years past people looked back over theIr successes and took courage;
today we should look at our present accomplishments and take courage.
Mr. BrummItt consIders that the present problems facIng our people
are not ne.arly so grave as those staring our ancestors In the face dur­Ing
the daylS of Reconstruction, or those that confronted the plonesl'\j
!UJ they blazed the tralla through the wilds Of Ame rica. 'I1hey ISurvlved
and there Is every reason to belleve that North Carolina will come out
more thlln victorloulS. Prosperity comes to people In ])roportlon as the
comforts ot livIng come IncreasIngly within. reach of all. and a risIng
Clvlll7Jltlon always tollows a rising standard of living. We aTe In a
moving, dynamic state, where the challenge comes to each person to get
Into the tide of progress and endure. That Is why Mr. Brummitt still
prefeffl North CarOlina and now.
COMPETITION PLUS COOPERATION
Dr. C. Z. Candle r, Sylva, North C!\rollna,
(The follOwing extrJl,Cts are taken from a paper read by Mrs. Candler.
but prepared by her husband, who was unavoIdably detaIned frc.:l'1 a!­tendIng
the meeting .)
"'Vhat a vast dln:erence It would make to our state It all Its people
lived at home! God Himself established the home and He looks to us
to keep it. How can this be most satisfactory done? The an!Swe",
to my mind, Is sImply competition with co-operjlUon, the elSsence of
which competition is tbat the man who produces the greate!\t r esulta
sha!! be given the g reatest opportunity for co_operative leadel'Shlp. The
competlve syste.tn' Is a good and essentially a Chrl~tlan system, an ex­cellent
Illustratlon ot which wo flnd In the parable of the lell talents.
~ut like eve!'y good thing, competitton Is likely to be abused. It I"
good only so long a.s It Is fair and open. When It ceases to be this,
It Is no longer competition but cheating. Let \Il!, therefore, be sure
that our competition does not chent, but that It may coordlnnte In 8uch
a way with coopeT;llt\on that we will get results and not consequences."
"'1'0 live at home II! the need of the hour, and to do thIs once agaIn
we need united effort and actiOlL In the words of Benjamin Franklin.
in speaking of armed action agaInst Eng land, 'If we do not hang to­~
ther, we shall hang separatel),: As Theodore Roosevelt once eald.
~here Is no good re!U!On why we Should fear tor the future, but there
Is every reason why we should tace It oorlousl)" neIther hiding from
ouroolves the gravIty of the problems before us, nor fearing to ap·
proach ~hose problems with unbending, unflinching purPQ.ge to solve
them aright,"
"Alter a more or less careful conslderatlon of the subject, It Is my
opInion that the co_ordInation ot honest competition and Intelligent co­operatlon
will bring about the desired results for the Llve.at_Home
movement In Western North Carolina."
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